Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14

ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION 

We are one of the largest independent foundations in the UK. Our primary interests are in the arts, children and young people, the environment and social change.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,268,306,000 available, equivalent to 343 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 63 years

www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk

info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk

02078123700

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£7,209£44,422£-37,213£587£1,268,306£1,268,306342.6380
31/12/21£5,077£58,437£-53,360£532£1,445,829£1,445,829296.9360
31/12/20£4,790£59,827£-55,037£579£1,142,354£1,142,354229.1320
31/12/19£7,850£41,972£-34,122£579£1,071,000£1,071,000306.2320
31/12/18£5,734£46,621£-40,887£596£997,318£997,318256.7290
31/12/17£6,117£46,377£-40,260£595£996,898£996,898257.9280
31/12/16£5,344£48,015£-42,671£525£971,008£971,008242.7270
31/12/15£4,954£40,185£-35,231£0£876,198£876,198261.6290
31/12/14£6,570£42,470£-35,900£296£836,675£836,675236.4270
31/12/13£8,948£39,370£-30,422£287£801,674£801,674244.4260
31/12/12£11,952£37,088£-25,136£286£779,602£779,602252.2240
31/12/11£12,205£43,967£-31,762£290£776,054£776,054211.8220
31/12/10£10,606£32,027£-21,421£268£852,311£852,311319.3220
31/12/09£11,729£27,956£-16,227£270£795,678£795,678341.5220
31/12/08£32,006£28,015£3,991£291£724,804£724,804310.5220
31/12/07£35,980£29,099£6,881£225£937,754£937,754386.7210
31/12/06£36,951£38,435£-1,484£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£39,201£40,473£-1,272£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£30,572£31,495£-923£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 792%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 342.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -8 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 38 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£1,000,000
Tudor Trust£480,000
Lankelly Chase Foundation£400,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£309,318
National Lottery Heritage Fund£250,000
The Aim Foundation£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
£250,000 12/08/2022
Investment Ready Nature in Scotland
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
£100,000 31/01/2022
Environmental and learning Fund -match-fund specific EFF nature based social investments. Collaborating with EF and other funders an opportunity to invest in early stage, high risk, impact driven ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - LocalMotion – a place-based funders consortium
£1,000,000 16/12/2021
24
LocalMotion is a joint initiative by six funders to support communities in a more radical, joined-up way. The funders consortium – made up of Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Lloyds Bank Foundation, Tudor ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - LocalMotion
£400,000 09/07/2021
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - LocalMotion
Tudor Trust - Grant to Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
£480,000 07/07/2021
24
over two years towards the development phase of LocalMotion: working with six places and six foundations to achieve systematic change through collaborative philanthropy based on local communities' ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ‘Innovative approaches to financing environmental enhancements – Testing New Models
£149,318 01/04/2019
Innovative approaches to financing environmental enhancement - Testing New Models
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ‘Innovative approaches to financing environmental enhancements – Testing New Models
£160,000 01/04/2019
Innovative approaches to financing environmental enhancement - Testing New Models
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to British Library
£53,433 16/02/2011
Towards the costs of the Preservation Advisory Centre, which supports libraries and archives in the UK to preserve their collections effectively.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/06/1961, number: 200051
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION
6th FLOOR
210 PENTONVILLE ROAD
LONDON
N1 9JY

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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